Saracen

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A member of a pre-Islamic nomadic people of the Syrian-Arabian deserts.

n. An Arab.

n. A Muslim, especially of the time of the Crusades.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A group of nomadic people from the Sinai.

n. An Arab or any Muslim, especially one involved in the Crusades.

n. A pirate in the Mediterranean.

n. A type of six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A name given by the later Romans and Greeks to the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman empire; after the introduction of Mohammedanism, an Arab; by extension applied to Turks and other Mohammedans, and even to all non-Christian peoples against whom a crusade was preached.

n. One who continued to use the old low-framed Saracenic loom in the production of arras or Saracenic tapestry, as distinguished from those who adopted the high frame.